Halter



No Model.)

R. D. WHITTEMORE.

HALTER.

Pate nted Aug. 9, 1887.

IN VEN TOR ffzwwm BY J/LUYVW WITNESSES 1? ATTORNEYS.

N. PEYERS. Phoio-Lilhn Washmgiofl. D I;

UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT DOANE WHITTEMORE, OF OHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN.

HALTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part. 'ofLet ters Patent No. 367,943, dated August 9, 1887.

Application filed December 3, 1886. Serial No. 210,579. (No model.)

To all whom it mag concern.- v

Be it known that 1, ROBERT DOANE WHIT- TEMORE, of Chippewa Falls, in the county of Chippewa and State of WVisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Halter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in adjustable halters, and has for its object-to provide a means whereby the various portions of a halter may be speedily and readily adjusted to snugly fit any size horse and be held securely in such adjustment.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims. 1

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1,is a perspective view of my complete halter; Fig. 2, a perspective view of a buckle also used in carrying out myinvention,

Fig. 3, a perspective view of a loopattach'i'nent employed in connection therewith.

In carrying out my invention I employ metallic loops 1, of irregular contour, having two adjacent square sides, A and B, and two opposing curved sides, and D.

Parallel with the side B,and a distance there from, a bar, 2, is extended, having its ends integral with the said side B, whereby is formed a rectangular space, 3. Upon the opposite curved side, 0, a more or less curved bar, 4, is projected inward, the endsof which bar are cast solid with the said curved side 0, the space intervening being somewhat oval in form. A third irregular space, 6, is made upon the side D by extending a bar, 7, horizontally to a connection with the aforesaid bars 2 and 4.

Thus a large space,8, is left intervening the,

upward projection, 13, near the straight side 9, whichside9 is provided near the curved end llwith an inward downward projection, 14. The second portion, G, of the buckle is rectangular in form, with upwardly curved ends, 15, and having sharp lugs 16, made integral with the under face'of one side, 17. The projections 13 and 14 in the portion F of the buckle constitute a bearing for curved ends of the portion G, preventing the same from a contact with the curved side 11 of the said buckle portion F.

1 In the construction of a halter I pass one end of a piece of webbing or leather, 18, up through the rectangular space 3 in'a loop 1, thence over the opposite bar 4, through the oval space 5, up through the space 6, over itself,'and down and out under the bar constituting the side A. The other end of the webbing or leather I pass in alike manner through a similar loop 1, the space intervening the two loops representing the proper length of strap for the nose, the chop-strap 19 being passed, respectively, through the oval spaces 5 a of the loops, around the curved bars constituting the side 0, and fastened with an ordinary buckle in the usual manner. When used as a bridle, the bitstrapinay be attached to the bars constituting the curved side D of the loops. I now out the webbing or'leather 18 to a proper length and attach to the short end 20, comprising one cheek-strap, the portion F of the buckle E, with the side 9 carrying the projection 14 uppermost, the attachment of said portion F to the webbing or leather being effected by sewing, riveting, or otherwise, the said webbing or leather having been made to embrace the buckle portion F both top and bottom. The rectangular portion G of the buckle is thereupon slid to a central bearing upon the projections 13 and 14 of the attached buckle portion F, with the lugs 16 toward the lower portion of the halter, and the loose end ofthe webbing or leather is then entered beneath the upper longitudinal side of the rectangular portion G of the buckle and down under the opposite side, 17, in contact with the lugs 16 therein, where the said unattached end may be held in loose contact with the cheekstrap 20 bya ring, 21, secured to the former and embracing the latter. The throat-latch 22 is usually riveted to the webbing or leather opposite the buckle E, and the billet 23 is secured to the curved end 11 of the buckle-section F.

The lugs upon the inside of the lower bar, 17, of buckle-section F prevent the webbing or leather f rom slipping, and also have a tendency to slide the said section upward, which holds the webbing or leather in position. Bydrawing the one end of the webbing or leather down upon the other or one away from the other the crown and cheek pieces may be made larger or smaller, as desired, and by bringing the loops 1 nearer together or farther apart the proper adjustment may be obtained across the nose.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In ahaltcr, the combination, with a single piece of webbing or leather, the throat-latch 22, billet 23, and the chop-strap 19, of the loops 1, adapted to receive said webbing or leather, and having a rectangular space, 3, and irregular spaces 5, 6, and S, and means for adjustably connecting the ends of said webbing or leather, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. In a halter, the eombination,with a single piece of webbing or leather, the throat-latch 22, billet 23, and chop-strap19, of the loops 1, adapted to receive said webbing or leather, and having a rectangular space, 3, and irregular spaces 5, 6, and 8, and the buckle E, having independent sections F and G, and lugs 16 upon said section F, substantially as shown and described, whereby the said halter may be adjusted to different sizes, as set forth.

Vi tnesses:

G. Banws'rnn, JOHN LAMDKAUNER. 

